Synonyms of jettisoned

jettisoned 1 of 2

adjective

as in discarded

Related Words

• discarded
• junked
• ignored
• neglected
• refuse
• waste
• rejected
• unattended
• cast-off
• vacated
• castaway
• untended
• abandoned
• forgotten
• forsaken
• deserted
• shabby
• disused
• derelict
• void
• miserable
• vacant
• godforsaken
• desolate
• idle
• wretched
• empty

Dissimilar Words

• recovered
• saved
• reclaimed
• redeemed
• salvaged
• retrieved
• restored
• rescued
• reconditioned
• rehabilitated
• rehabbed
• repeopled

jettisoned

2 of 2

verb

past tense of jettison

as in dumped

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

just jettison that plan, because we know it won't work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discarded
• dumped
• ditched
• unloaded
• lost
• abandoned
• scrapped
• rejected
• tossed
• junked
• removed
• chucked
• shed
• eliminated
• exorcised
• cast (off)
• cashiered
• laid by
• deep-sixed
• disposed of
• sloughed (off)
• threw away
• flung (off or away)
• shucked (off)
• set aside
• dismissed
• sluffed (off)
• eighty-sixed
• threw out
• abdicated
• pitched
• abolished
• forsook
• deserted
• eradicated
• kicked out
• expunged
• extinguished
• wiped out
• annihilated
• exterminated
• extirpated
• liquidated
• stamped (out)
• rooted (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopted
• used
• employed
• embraced
• utilized
• retained
• held
• took on
• kept
• held back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jettisoned

Verb

The context is also important here and probably speaks to potential filmmaker fears over their politically spicy project being jettisoned. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

But the Browns jettisoned Mayfield in a July 2022 trade, ending a contentious breakup after four years. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2026

This was Palace returning to the strategy of signing players with potential who could command big fees in the future — a policy jettisoned in January. — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Gwyn’s, however, who Richard considers to be his inferior, has jettisoned into success and is in the running for a huge literary prize. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

The Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Challenger, Ford Mustang and Jeep Cherokee, all with vast devotees, were jettisoned. — James Raia, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2026

The tension, twitchiness, and turmoil of vintage no wave remain; the bitter misanthropy, however, has been jettisoned in favor of something brighter and less antagonistic, if not exactly sweet. — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 20 Aug. 2026

Yet the way the United States buys and deploys military technology is, like the rigid, Soviet-style five-year plans that even China and Russia have long since jettisoned, mind-numbingly bureaucratic. — Doug Beck, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

In retrospect, Miami might have opted for the wrong developmental quarterbacks in Miller (poached by the previous regime) and since jettisoned Mark Gronowski. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026